Electric violinist Chloë Hanslip plays Enrico Chapela's new concerto 'Antiphaser' with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Mihhail Gerts.
Chloë Hanslip takes the stage with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra at Glasgow City Halls on Thursday 29 October, with the night billed as 'Rock & Classical Collide'. Hanslip is on electric violin, and the orchestra is led by conductor Mihhail Gerts.
The centre of the programme is Antiphaser, a new concerto for electric violin and orchestra by Mexican composer Enrico Chapela, co-commissioned by the BBC. Chapela describes the piece as a clash of rock and classical, north and south, dark and light — the deep shadows and the bright colours that appear as solar rays glow and flex. It's the one piece of the night that's brand new, and it's the reason the electric violin is front and centre.
Around it, the programme looks to Estonia, the home country of conductor Mihhail Gerts. There's Swansong by Arvo Pärt, the world's most performed living composer, now in his nineties. And then there's Symphony No. 6 by Eduard Tubin, Estonia's greatest twentieth-century symphonist. Both are described as unsung masterpieces, so the evening pairs a new commission with two older works that don't get out as often as they might.
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If you're keen on the background, there's a pre-concert recital from 18:30 to 19:00 in the Recital Room, where Gerts is joined by Kerri Kotta, Head of Musicology at the Estonian Academy of Music, to present a new edition of Tubin's completed works. The main concert starts at 19:30, with tickets from £15 to £33, and £6 for students and under-26s. It's part of the BBC SSO Thursday Night Series 2026/27 and the BBC SSO Glasgow Series 2026/27.
